Make Your Own DIY Classroom Decor with Cricut

All teachers know that adding custom decorations is an easy way to make your classroom feel more personalized and welcoming. I created three easy diy classroom decor ideas with my Maker 3 to help organize any class while looking great too!

What is a Cricut Digital Cutting Machine?

If you’re unfamiliar with them, Cricut has a line of digital cutting machines that, at their most basic, can cut intricate shapes and designs from a variety of materials. Of course, that totally simplifies the huge amount of projects that any can make of the Cricut machines. For this article, I’ll use my Cricut Maker 3, but you can make all the projects with the Explore 3 as well. You can find out more information about Maker 3 in this review post I wrote when it was first released. You’ll be amazed by what this versatile machine can do for any DIY project. From complicated to simple DIY projects, the possibilities are truly endless!

Creating DIY Classroom Decor

Teachers are some of the busiest people I know, so it makes perfect sense to use a Cricut machine to make their life easier. When decorating their classroom, it’s much easier because they have everything cut out for them. They don’t have to worry about measuring or cutting anything out by hand, saving so much time and frustration. A Cricut machine is perfect for bringing their classroom theme ideas to life! Teachers are also extremely frugal! They already know that making their classroom decorations is inexpensive than purchasing at their local store. By making their own versions of things like hall pass holders, welcome signs, and teacher totes, they can save money and customize them to their style and classroom color scheme.

The Perfect Welcome Sign

One of the Cricut projects that would be useful for a teacher is a custom welcome sign that matches the classroom color scheme. This way, they can put their name on the sign and display it at the front of the door year after year. I made this welcome sign for a music teacher’s classroom with elements from Design Space. After cutting the musical notes from various paper colors, I glued them to the back of a frame. The black wording was cut from Permanent Smart Vinyl and applied to the interior of the glass pane. Having the art enclosed in the frame will help prevent any little wandering hands from peeling up the vinyl.

Custom Hall Pass Holder

Teachers are absolutely amazing at keeping their classrooms organized. Having a hall pass holder is essential when trying to keep track of 30 or more kids! Again, I made this project to fit perfectly in a music class, but you can easily adjust the patterns for any classroom decor ideas. Easy customization is one of the things that I love most about Cricut! After I applied the Smart Iron On background to the painted wood plaque, I transferred the Smart Vinyl colorful letters right on top of it. I like using heat transfer vinyl when applying directly to wood because it has a stronger bond, but you’re welcome to use Smart Vinyl for the whole project. After the plaque is done, I customized some name tags with permanent vinyl and clipped them to the bottom. Now, when a kid needs to go to the nurse or the bathroom, the teacher knows exactly where to grab a hall pass!

Teacher Tote Bag

Keeping organized during this chaotic season is key in helping teachers look and feel good! Having a place to keep all their teaching supplies makes it easier to find things both at home and in the classroom. This teacher tote bag would make a perfect gift for any teacher! I love using Infusible Ink on projects that I know are going to get a ton of wear and tear. Having the ink infused directly into the material will keep this tote bag looking sharp for years! Again, all of the designs and fonts I used to make this music teacher tote can be found in Design Space. Just cut the shapes from different Infusible Ink sheets (don’t forget to mirror!) and then follow the manufacture’s instructions to apply to the Cricut Tote Blank. Now your custom tote is ready for you to fill up with teaching supplies!

Cricut Loves Teachers

I am obviously a huge fan of Cricut products but I also love the people behind these amazing machines. Not only are they sponsoring this blog post to help share these fun classroom ideas but they’re also gifting a new Cricut Explore 3 to a local music teacher so she can easily make her own diy classroom decor! Cricut knows just how much teachers give every single day to their kids and wants to thank them in return!

Now that you have these tutorials under your belt, you should be able to DIY almost anything else in your classroom using Cricut Maker 3. Creating custom decor for your classroom is a great way to save money and personalize the space. We hope that these tutorials will inspire you to create one of these projects or another DIY in your classroom!